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Some of Britain’s largest businesses may simply ignore government plans to
unmask “shadowy” subsidiary companies used to avoid paying tax.

David Cameron has placed tax avoidance at the heart of the G8 talks, taking
place in Northern Ireland this week, in an attempt to show that Britain was
getting its own house in order,

The Prime Minister has said that he will set up a register requiring opaque
“shell” companies to declare who their owners are and where they operate.
The information, to be collated by Companies House, is designed to help the
tax authorities in their battle to clamp